{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-courts-act-2013/schedule-7/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-courts-act-2013/schedule-7/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2013/22",
  "legislation_title": "Crime and Courts Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-courts-act-2013",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) An NCA officer must not disclose social security information unless the relevant authority consents to the disclosure.\n(2) If an NCA officer has disclosed social security information to a person, that person must not further disclose that information unless the relevant authority consents to the disclosure.\n(3) In this paragraph—\n“relevant authority” means—\n(a)the Secretary of State (in the case of a disclosure or further disclosure of information held, when disclosed to the NCA, for the purposes of the functions of the Secretary of State);\n(b)the Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland (in the case of a disclosure or further disclosure of information held, when disclosed to the NCA, for the purposes of the functions of a Northern Ireland department);\n“social security information” means information which, when disclosed to the NCA, was information held for the purposes of any of the following functions of the Secretary of State or a Northern Ireland Department—\n(a)functions relating to social security, including functions relating to—\n(i)statutory payments as defined in section 4C(11) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;\n(ii)maternity allowance under section 35 of that Act;\n(iii)statutory payments as defined in section 4C(11) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;\n(iv)maternity allowance under section 35 of that Act;\n(v)schemes and arrangements under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973;\n(b)functions relating to the investigation and prosecution of offences relating to tax credits.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 3 in force at 7.10.2013 by S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(r)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/22/schedule/7/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:16.888200+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}